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    COALITION OF ARMENIAN, JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS LAUNCH GRASSROOTS PETITION FOR U.S. REAFFIRMATION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    Armradio.am
    03.02.2010 11:06

    Leaders from Boston's vibrant Armenian and Jewish communities launched
    an online grassroots petition urging all people of conscience to sign
    a letter to President Obama and Congress that calls for swift passage
    of H. Res. 252, the Armenian Genocide resolution currently pending
    in Congress, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly).

    "The Assembly commends the work of this important human rights
    coalition and calls on all American citizens to affirm the U.S. record
    on the Armenian Genocide by signing the petition to your elected
    Representatives," stated Assembly Grassroots Director Taniel
    Koushakjian. The Armenian American Action Committee of Massachusetts
    (ARAMAC-MA), Armenian National Committee of Massachusetts, the
    Massachusetts Jewish community and Assembly anti-genocide coalition
    partner Investor's Against Genocide were instrumental in launching
    the petition and resource page.

    The Boston based coalition of Armenian and Jewish communities have
    been engaged in a robust civil society dialogue, which was the
    outcome of a 2007 rift where the local Massachusetts branch of the
    Anti-Defamation League (ADL) broke with national ADL leader Abraham
    Foxman in acknowledging the Armenian Genocide. ADL later altered
    their position, and just last month stated, "We continue to believe
    that there was a genocide..," yet continue to oppose legislation in
    Congress that would affirm the incontestable truth.

    Herman Purutyan, ARAMAC-MA State Chair and coalition member stated,
    "This is an exciting collaboration of two communities, who have
    experienced the ultimate crime against humanity, to stop future
    genocides wherever they may occur. As two communities, Jewish and
    Armenian, we ask our fellow citizens to let the President and Congress
    know that the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is critically
    important, not only because it is morally the right thing to do,
    but also it is necessary to prevent such crimes from happening again."

    ARAMAC-MA activists and Boston area Jewish community leaders have been
    pressing American Jewish groups, such as the ADL, to cease assisting
    the government of Turkey in its denial of the Armenian Genocide. In
    a January 10, 2010, letter to the Jewish Times of South Jersey, three
    prominent Rabbis from Massachusetts wrote that "precisely because of
    our experience, Jews and Jewish groups need to be fighting genocide
    denial, not engaging in it as a way of validating the tragedies of
    our own history."

    Mirrored after H. Res. 106, the Armenian Genocide resolution which
    passed the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in 2007, H. Res. 252
    boasts 137 cosponsors and is currently pending in the aforementioned
    committee. "What the world witnessed at the turn of the 20th century
    is being repeated again at the dawn of the 21st century today in
    Darfur. By signing the online petition, one can play an important
    role in helping to end the vicious cycle of genocide," stated Assembly
    Executive Director Bryan Ardouny.
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